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20100150622 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a heating roller that is internally provided with a heat source member and is rotated by a drive unit; an endless fixing belt that is entrained around the heating roller and heated thereby, and is provided with a surface layer that contacts a recording medium, and the yield stress of a material forming the surface layer is varied according to the temperature of the material; a pressure member that is provided facing the heating roller and presses the recording medium, on which a toner image has been formed, against the fixing belt; a travel direction alteration member that contacts the fixing belt and changes the direction of travel of the fixing belt by bending the fixing belt; and a drive control section that operates the drive unit and rotates the heating roller after the heating roller has been heated such that the endless fixing belt is heated by the heating roller to a predetermined temperature where the yield stress of a material forming the surface layer of the fixing belt is larger than the stress acting on the surface layer when the travel direction of the fixing belt is altered by the travel direction alteration member. | 06-17-2010 |
20110081173 | SEPARATION UNIT, FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A separation unit is provided on a downstream side of a contact area between a belt-like rotating body and a pressure rotating body. The separation unit includes a pressure member, a guide portion and a pressure portion. The pressure member extends along a width direction of the belt-like rotating body, and presses the belt-like rotating body to deform the belt-like rotating body into a bent shape changing a course away from a surface of the pressure rotating body. The guide portion is on the pressure rotating body side of the pressure member to guide the belt-like rotating body so that an angle portion of the bent shape bites into the pressure rotating body. The pressure portion is on the surface in the pressure rotating body side, and the surface separates sequentially from the pressure rotating body in the extending direction from a center portion to an end portion. | 04-07-2011 |
20120218566 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires image data expressing an image region included in an image with a first value and a background region included in the image with a second value; a segmenting unit that segments the image region into multiple segments arranged in a fast scanning direction; a converting unit that converts a value of at least one of the segments into the second value; an output unit that generates an image signal on the basis of the image data and outputs the image signal; an exposure unit that exposes a charged image bearing member to light according to the output image signal by scanning the light thereto in the fast scanning direction so as to form a latent image; and a developing unit that forms the image by developing the latent image using an invisible toner that absorbs infrared light or ultraviolet light. | 08-30-2012 |
20140219691 | METHOD OF TRANSFERRING IMAGE AND IMAGE TRANSFERRING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SAME - A method of transferring an image includes the steps of; bringing an image bearer bearing an image thereon as a transfer origin in contact with a transferring objective (onto which the image is transferred) as a transfer destination; moving at least one of the image bearer and the transferring objective in a prescribed direction; and sequentially transferring the image borne on the image bearer onto the transferring objective in a contacting section in which the image bearer and the transferring objective contact each other in a direction in which the image does not pass through the contacting section. | 08-07-2014 |
20140241744 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes a nip forming member to contact a surface of an image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween, a pressing device, and a nip pressure changing device. The pressing device includes a plurality of elastic members, to produce a contact pressure between the nip forming member and the image bearing member according to a restoring force of at least one of the elastic members upon deformation of the elastic member. The nip pressure changing device changes an amount of elastic deformation of the elastic member between at least two stages to change a nip pressure of the transfer nip. While the contact pressure is produced by one of the elastic members, the nip pressure changing device changes the amount of elastic deformation of a different elastic member, different from the one that produces the contact pressure, to change the nip pressure of the transfer nip. | 08-28-2014 |
20140321874 | CLEANER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE CLEANER, AND VOLTAGE SETTING DEVICE - A cleaner is provided. The cleaner includes at least two cleaning brush members to electrostatically remove residual toner on an object; a memory; a voltage applicator to apply a voltage to the cleaning brush members based on the setup voltage values stored in the memory; a current detector to detect the amounts of currents flowing through contact portions of the object with the cleaning brush members; and a setup voltage changing device to change the setup voltage values based on the amounts of currents detected by the current detector. The setup voltage changing device performs change of the setup voltage values for the cleaning brush members at a time. | 10-30-2014 |
20150055981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, including a plurality of rollers; an endless belt mountable to the plurality of rollers from a proximal side of the image forming apparatus in an axial direction of the plurality of rollers; a first side plate to support one end of the plurality of rollers at the proximal side of the image forming apparatus in the axial direction; and a plurality of guide members, disposed at a more proximal side than the first side plate in the axial direction, to guide the belt to be mounted to the plurality of rollers with the guide members contacting the belt. | 02-26-2015 |
20150212454 | PRESSING DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE INCLUDING THE PRESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE TRANSFER DEVICE - A pressing device includes a pressing member, a first lateral plate including a first connecting portion to support a first end of the pressing member, a second lateral plate including a second connecting portion to support a second end of the pressing member opposite to the first end, a first adjuster connected to the first lateral plate at the first connecting portion and to the second lateral plate at the second connecting portion, and a biasing member. The biasing member biases at least one of the first lateral plate, the second lateral plate, and the first adjuster to press the pressing member against the target in a pressing direction. The first adjuster is connected to the first lateral plate and the second lateral plate such that a relative position of the second connecting portion relative to the first connecting portion is changeable in the pressing direction. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090097375 | Disk drive device and manufacturing method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention provide a simpler, miniaturizable, and highly reliable hermetically sealed enclosure structure in a disk drive device. According to one embodiment, a hard disk drive (HDD) comprises an HDD main unit, a case for housing the HDD main unit, a lid with a feedthrough function for closing an opening of the case, and an FPC connector for interconnecting the HDD main unit and a plurality of pins fixed to the lid. The lid is joined to the case and completely closes the opening of the case. The case and the lid form a sealed enclosure; the internal HDD main unit is housed in the sealed space. Housing the HDD main unit in a sealed space may increase resistance of the HDD to external environmental changes. Sealing low density gas like helium in the sealed space may improve the performance of the HDD. | 04-16-2009 |
20090168233 | Manufacturing method of hermetic connection terminal used in a disk drive device having hermetically sealed enclosure and disk drive device - To efficiently manufacture a feedthrough used in a disk drive device having a hermetically sealed enclosure, embodiments of the present invention manufacture a feedthrough used in an HDD having a hermetically sealed enclosure. An embodiment of a manufacturing method of the present embodiment manufactures a columnar body, cuts the columnar body in the direction vertical to the axes of pins, and cuts out a feedthrough. Then, necessary plating is made on the outer surfaces of the cut out feedthrough. The columnar body comprises a hollow tube, a plurality of pins inserted inside the tube, and an insulating sealant filled inside the tube. This manufacturing method achieves efficient manufacture of the feedthrough. | 07-02-2009 |
20100157469 | DISK DRIVE USING AN AIRFLOW REDUCTION PLATE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - In order to effectively reduce disk flutter in a disk drive by using simple structures and efficient manufacturing techniques, a disk drive, in one embodiment, includes a base, a spindle motor coupled to the bottom of the base, a disk coupled to and rotated by a rotational shaft of the spindle motor, an airflow reduction plate coupled inside the base and positioned opposite to and away from a main plane of the disk, and a sidewall section inside the base which is positioned opposite to an outer edge of the disk and has a form along the outer edge of the disk. A first gap between at least one half of a part positioned opposite to the sidewall section in an outer edge of the airflow reduction plate and the sidewall section is smaller than a second gap between the sidewall section and the outer edge of the disk. | 06-24-2010 |
20100296197 | DISK DRIVE WITH ADHESIVELY BONDED PIVOT-BEARING ASSEMBLY - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a head for accessing a disk, a suspension for supporting the head, a carriage coupled to the suspension, a pivot-bearing assembly, an adhesive, and an adhesion inhibitor. The pivot-bearing assembly is housed in a hole of the carriage that is configured to rotate in such a way that the carriage is configured to oscillate. The adhesive is disposed between the pivot-bearing assembly and an inner circumferential surface of the hole for bonding the pivot-bearing assembly with the carriage. The adhesion inhibitor is disposed on the same surface as the adhesive for controlling a region of adhesion. | 11-25-2010 |
20130063838 | DISK-ENCLOSURE BASE CONFIGURED TO INHIBIT FORMATION OF ADHERENT SOLDER-FLUX RESIDUE - A disk-enclosure base that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. The disk-enclosure base includes a casting, a through-hole fabricated in the casting, a solder channel, an E-coat layer, and an E-coat-free zone. The E-coat layer is applied to a first portion of an interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is adjacent to and surrounds the solder channel. The E-coat-free zone also includes a second portion of the interior surface of the casting lying between the solder channel and the E-coated first portion of the interior surface of the casting. The E-coat-free zone is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue. A disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly that is configured to inhibit formation of adherent solder-flux residue, and a hard-disk drive (HDD) including the disk-enclosure-base/electrical-feedthrough assembly are also provided. | 03-14-2013 |
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20110072331 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A memory system having a memory card configured to store frame data composed of a plurality of pieces of sector data and a host configured to send and receive the frame data to and from the memory card, the memory card includes: an ECC1 decoder configured to perform BCH decoding processing with a hard decision code on a sector data basis; an ECC2 decoder configured to perform LDPC decoding processing with an LDPC code on a frame data basis; a sector error flag section configured to store information about presence or absence of error data in the BCH decoding processing; and an ECC control section configured to perform, in the LDPC decoding processing, control of increasing a reliability of sector data containing no error data based on the information in the sector error flag section. | 03-24-2011 |
20110239080 | ERROR DETECTION/CORRECTION CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS - An LDPC error detection/correction circuit according to an embodiment includes a selector that divides data into p groups based on a check matrix H including blocks made up of unit matrixes having a size p and shift blocks, a selector that divides a group into Y subgroups, a bit node storage section that stores LMEM variables to calculate a probability β in association with each first address, a check node storage section that stores TMEM variables to calculate an external value α in association with each second address, a rotator that performs rotation processing on the TMEM with a rotation value based on a shift value, and an operation circuit made up of (p/Y) operation units that perform parallel processing in subgroup units. | 09-29-2011 |
20110286099 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AUTOFOCUS CAMERA AND CAMERA-EQUIPPED MOBILE TERMINAL - In the lens driving device of the present invention, at least two second coils are disposed at a 90 degree interval in a circumferential direction of a first coil wound around an outer circumference of a lens support in the circumferential direction, at least four magnets are provided at an inner circumferential side of a circumferential wall of a yoke and are provided at even intervals about the circumferential direction of the first coil, each magnet being provided so that an inner circumferential face is the same magnetic pole and opposes an outer circumferential face of the first coil, and in addition is opposite the second coil at the position of providing the second coil. When the lens support is moved in the optical axis direction, an electric current flows in the first coil, and when the lens support is moved in an X-Y direction orthogonal to the optical axis, a predetermined electric current flows in a predetermined second coil. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090034124 | IMPRINT MOLD STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - An imprint mold structure of the present invention is for producing a magnetic recording medium having servo areas each of which has a preamble area where servo data for synchronization with a clock cycle is recorded, and data areas where user data is written, and contains a first convexo-concave pattern corresponding to the servo areas and a second convexo-concave pattern corresponding to the data areas, wherein a ratio L/S of a width “L” in the circumferential direction of a convex portion corresponding to a non-magnetic portion formed in the preamble area to a width “S” in the circumferential direction of a concave portion corresponding to a magnetic portion formed in the preamble area varies depending on a distance “R” from a center of the imprint mold structure to a center of a pattern unit composed of the convex portion and the concave portion in the first convexo-concave pattern. | 02-05-2009 |
20090068497 | METHOD FOR TESTING MOLD STRUCTURE, MOLD STRUCTURE, MOLD ORIGINAL MASTER, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a method for testing a disc shaped mold structure having a convexo-concave pattern formed on a surface thereof based on a desired design pattern, including at least: transferring a magnetic signal corresponding to a convexo-concave pattern formed on the entire surface of the mold structure to a medium in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the medium, obtaining a reproduction signal by electrically reproducing the magnetic signal from the medium onto which the magnetic signal has been transferred, and comparing the desired design pattern with the reproduction signal. | 03-12-2009 |
20100081010 | IMPRINT MOLD STRUCTURE, MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide an imprint mold structure for producing a magnetic recording medium, the imprint mold structure including: a first pattern corresponding to servo areas, a second pattern corresponding to data areas, and a shape corresponding to one or more non-patterned areas, wherein the magnetic recording medium includes the servo areas where servo data is to be recorded, and the data areas which include a pattern to write user data on, and wherein the data areas have the one or more non-patterned areas which do not include a pattern to write user data on and which are substantially concentric areas each composed of two or more adjacent tracks located in the data areas. | 04-01-2010 |
20100149673 | METHOD FOR TESTNG MOLD STRUCTURE, MOLD STRUCTURE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for testing a mold structure including magnetically transferring a magnetic signal according to a concavo-convex pattern for a servo area in a mold structure to a perpendicular magnetic recording medium; electrically reproducing ≧50 tracks of the magnetic signal of servo data transferred onto the perpendicular magnetic recording medium using a magnetic head to obtain a reproduction signal; and calculating a pattern drawing accuracy radially from the reproduction signal to evaluate a performance of the mold structure including a disc-shaped base material; and the concavo-convex pattern for the servo area and a concavo-convex pattern for a data area formed on a base material surface following a desired design pattern. The concavo-convex patterns for the servo area are aligned in the radial direction of the base material, and the concavo-convex pattern for the data area are aligned in the circumferential direction between the concavo-convex patterns for the servo area. | 06-17-2010 |
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20090026198 | PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING PEARL-LIKE APPEARANCE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - This invention provides a plastic container characterized in that an expanded layer comprising expanded cells having a flat shape with an average major axis of not more than 400 μm and an average aspect ratio (L/t) of not less than 6 as viewed in cross section of the container wall along the maximum stretch direction, which are oriented in the stretch direction and are distributed so as to be superimposed on top of each other in the thickness-wise direction, is formed within the container wall. In this container, expanded cells having a flat shape are distributed so as to orient in a given direction and, thus, has light shielding properties and has a pearl-like appearance, that is, has a very high commercial value. Further, since any colorant is not contained, the suitability for recycling is excellent. | 01-29-2009 |
20100326994 | STRETCHED AND FOAMED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - [Problems] To provide a foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters are varying along a gradient so will not to decrease the content protection performance, quite differently from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. | 12-30-2010 |
20140110415 | STRETCHED AND FOAMED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters vary along a gradient so as not to decrease the content protection performance, in a manner quite different from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. The foamed plastic container has a container wall formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof. | 04-24-2014 |
20140183775 | STRETCHED AND FOAMED PLASTIC CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A foamed plastic container in which the cell diameters vary along a gradient so as not to decrease the content protection performance, in a manner quite different from the foamed cells distributed in the conventional foamed containers. The foamed plastic container has a container wall formed by using a plastic material and in which foamed cells are distributed, the lengths of the foamed cells in the surface direction of the container wall decreasing from the outer surface of the container toward the inner surface thereof. | 07-03-2014 |
20140231426 | FOAMED AND STRETCHED PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A foamed and stretched plastic container having a basic structure which includes a mouth portion and a body wall continuous to the mouth portion and is stretch-formed, the body wall forming a foamed region where foamed cells are distributed, and the mouth portion being an unfoamed region where no foamed cell is present, wherein the foamed cells present in the foamed region have a flat shape being stretched in the direction of stretch, and the foamed cells positioned in the central portion in the direction of thickness of the container wall have the largest lengths in the direction of maximum stretch. | 08-21-2014 |
20140353273 | VAPOR-DEPOSITED FOAMED BODY - A vapor-deposited foamed body having a film | 12-04-2014 |
20150044406 | STRETCHED AND FOAMED PLASTIC FORMED BODY HAVING APPEARANCE OF A METAL COLOR - A stretched and foamed plastic formed body forming, in at least a portion thereof, a foamed region which incorporates foamed cells therein, wherein the foamed cells have a flat shape with a maximum thickness of not more than 30 μm and an average aspect ratio of not less than 4 as viewed in cross section of the formed body perpendicular to a direction in which the formed body is stretched to a maximum degree, and a non-foamed plastic skin layer having no foamed cell distributed therein is formed on the outer surface of the foamed region. The formed body is, further, blended with a non-lustrous pigment as the coloring agent, which is different from a lustrous pigment such as flaky pigment, and exhibits a metal color over the foamed region thereof. The foamed formed body exhibiting a metal color and, specifically, a gold color or a silver color is thus provided without using any expensive lustrous pigment such as metal powder pigment or flaky pigment. | 02-12-2015 |
20150083737 | FOAMED AND STRETCHED PLASTIC BOTTLE - A foamed and stretched plastic bottle having, in the body portion thereof, a foamed region in which foamed cells are distributed, wherein, in at least a portion of the foamed region, the lengths of the foamed cells in the axial direction of the bottle are so distributed as to gradually decrease as the positions of the foamed cells shift from the outer surface side of the body portion toward the central portion thereof and then gradually increase as their positions shift from the central portion thereof toward the inner surface side thereof. The foamed and stretched plastic bottle of the invention exhibits excellent light-shielding property. | 03-26-2015 |
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20110280284 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF SIGNAL DIFFUSION - Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal device that is capable of preventing inter-coding interference upon each of a plurality of base stations, even when the timing changes for a transmission of a control signal that is CoMP received by the plurality of base stations. Upon the device, a diffusion unit ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110286502 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTER AND PRECODING METHOD - Disclosed is a wireless transmitter that can prevent deterioration of the error rate characteristic without reducing the data rate during mobile communications also utilizing THP for FDE. In the device, an equivalent channel matrix computation unit ( | 11-24-2011 |
20120008532 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SUB-PACKETS - A wireless communication apparatus enabling improved system throughput while limiting the amount of signaling for feedback information. In this apparatus, a setting unit ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120014279 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND PRECODING METHOD - A wireless transmission apparatus able to reliably increase outage capacity according to the state of a propagation path. This apparatus is a wireless transmission apparatus ( | 01-19-2012 |
20120021754 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND BANDWIDTH DETERMINATION METHOD - Disclosed is a radio communication device that, even when a terminal erroneously receives a retransmission grant or a response signal from a base station, can reduce the number of other terminals in which the terminal interferes at a retransmission. In this device, a determination unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120026948 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION DEVICE AND DIVISION NUMBER DETERMINATION METHOD - Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device and a division number determination method that improves the frequency diversity effect while maintaining channel estimation accuracy regardless of the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. A determination unit ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120028684 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ERROR CORRECTION/ENCODING METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can obtain an error ratio characteristic equivalent to the one obtained by using a tail bit, without using a tail bit in the error correction and encoding. The device includes: a blocking unit ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120063469 | SCHEDULING DEVICE AND SCHEDULING METHOD - Provided are a scheduling device and a scheduling method, in which the amount of signaling of frequency resource allocation information can be reduced while the system throughput is maintained. In a base station device ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120093064 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RELAY STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MOBILE STATION - There is provided a wireless communication relay station apparatus and a wireless communication base station apparatus capable of allocating resources dynamically to each apparatus in accordance with traffic. A wireless communication relay station apparatus according to the invention includes a receiver that receives data from the wireless communication base station apparatus or the wireless communication mobile station apparatus, and a selector that selects data, within an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe, from: first data to be relayed from the own apparatus to the wireless communication base station apparatus; second data to be relayed from the own apparatus to the wireless communication mobile station apparatus; third data to be relayed from the wireless communication base station apparatus to the own apparatus; and fourth data to be relayed from the wireless communication mobile station apparatus to the own apparatus. The receiver receives allocation information for switching transmission/reception in the own apparatus from the wireless communication mobile station apparatus within an uplink subframe or a downlink subframe. The selector switches the first data and the fourth data within the uplink subframe in accordance with the allocation information received by the receiver, or the selector switches the second data and the third data within the downlink subframe in accordance with the allocation information received by the receiver. | 04-19-2012 |
20120113912 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - Disclosed is a wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method wherein flexible frequency scheduling is performed without increasing the scale of the DFT (Discrete Fourier Transform) circuitry. For example, when resource allocation information is reported indicating whether or not a resource has been allocated to each of a plurality of RBGs (RB groups) into which the system bandwidth is divided, as in Type 0 allocation, if the number of reported RBs reported by the resource allocation information cannot be expressed as “2̂n×3̂m×5̂l”, an allocated RB number setting section ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120115539 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING TIMING ADVANCE IN UPLINK MULTIPLE POINTS RECEPTION - A method and device for adjusting a timing advance in a communication system composed of a mobile terminal and multiple base stations is provided. The method includes steps: the multiple base stations measures channel latencies and powers of channel responses between the mobile terminal and the multiple base stations separately; the non-serving base station in the multiple base stations reports the channel latency and the power measured to a serving base station; and the serving base station determines the timing advance of the uplink of the mobile terminal according to the channel latency and the power received and the channel latency and the power which are measured by the serving base station itself, and informs the mobile base station of the timing advance. By using the method and the device, the useful power received by the uplink multi-base stations can be optimized, and the interference power can be effectively reduced. | 05-10-2012 |
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20090205068 | Method for Producing Genetically Modified Plant Expressing Miraculin - The present invention relates to: a method for producing a transgenic plant expressing miraculin, comprising introducing a miraculin gene into a useful plant that can be easily produced and cultivated throughout the year using plant molecular breeding technology; a transgenic plant expressing miraculin, which is produced by the method; and the use thereof. The present invention also relates to a food additive, a food or drink, or an antidiabetic drug, which contains miraculin that is produced by the transgenic plant. | 08-13-2009 |
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20080259495 | Leader Tape and Magnetic Tape Cartridge Using the Same - An object is to provide a leader tape which suppresses the increase of dropout resulting from imprinting of the drive reel or leader block part due to storage for a long time or running at a high temperature and hardly causes the edge damage of a magnetic tape, and also provide a magnetic tape cartridge using the leader tape.
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20090087685 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder and a binder on a nonmagnetic support. The magnetic layer has an average surface roughness Ra, measured by an atomic force microscope, ranging from 2.0 to 3.5 nm and an indentation hardness ranging from 0.49 GPa to 0.78 GPa, as well as further comprises a carbonic ester having a molecular weight of 360 to 460 that is denoted by general formula (1). | 04-02-2009 |
20090214768 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A process for producing a magnetic recording medium is provided, the process comprising in sequence a step of forming a non-magnetic layer by applying a non-magnetic coating liquid above a non-magnetic support, a step of curing the non-magnetic layer by irradiation with radiation, and a step of forming a magnetic layer above the cured non-magnetic layer, the non-magnetic coating liquid comprising a resin having a hydroxy group and/or an amino group and a compound having an isocyanato group and/or a substituent represented by Formula (1) below and a radiation curing functional group. | 08-27-2009 |
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20090087683 | Reaction Method and Apparatus and Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing Chemical Substance Using the Same - The present invention provides a reaction method for a reaction system generating gas by a reaction, comprising the steps of: providing a sealed mixing section for mixing a plurality of liquids to start a reaction and a degassing section having a gas-liquid interface for removing, from a reaction liquid, gas bubbles generated from a mixed reaction liquid, separately; and feeding the reaction liquid mixed in the mixing section to the degassing section, without being interfered by gas bubbles even in a reaction system where gas is generated by a reaction, so that it is possible to stabilize a reaction at the start of the reaction and in the progress of the reaction and stably feed liquid to a subsequent process. | 04-02-2009 |
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20090305216 | EXPERIMENTAL METHOD FOR SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON EVALUATING APPARATUS, AND SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENON EVALUATING APPARATUS - An apparatus for evaluating scientific phenomena by feeding liquid to a minute channel, which is inexpensive, imposes little environmental load and enables advanced technology to be easily enjoyed and can eliminate experimental failures due to the clogging of the minute channel with a bubble, is provided. Before starting the experiment with the experimental liquid, the preparatory step of removing air in the minute channel by vigorously injecting inert dummy liquid which does not react with the experimental liquid into the minute channel and thereby filling the minute channel with the dummy liquid is carried out. If one round of preparatory step proves insufficient to wholly remove the air in the minute channel and a bubble is found in the dummy liquid, the step will be repeated until no bubble is found any longer in the dummy liquid. Next, the experiment is started by supplying the experimental liquid to inlet side liquid reservoirs and causing liquid feeding device to let the dummy liquid filling the minute channel flow to outlet side liquid reservoirs. | 12-10-2009 |
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20110318046 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a cleaning device including: a cleaning member disposed that cleans the discharge member; a guide member disposed along the length direction of the discharge member and guides the cleaning member in the length direction of the discharge member; and a drive device which, when executing a cleaning operation where the drive device reciprocally moves the cleaning member along the guide member from a standby position set on one length direction end portion of the discharge member or a return operation where the drive device returns the cleaning member along the guide member to the standby position, applies to the cleaning member a driving force in an opposite direction of a moving direction in which movement of the cleaning member is to be started and thereafter applies to the cleaning member a driving force in the moving direction. | 12-29-2011 |
20120045243 | BLOWER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A blower includes a fan; and an air duct having a passage formed therein, the air duct guiding the air and blowing the air onto the corona discharger, the air duct including an increasing-width portion in which a passage width gradually increases downstream in an air flow direction, a decreasing-height portion in which a passage height gradually decreases downstream in the air flow direction, an extension portion extending from a downstream end of the decreasing-height portion to a position near the corona discharger, a bent portion that is bent from a downstream end of the extension portion toward the corona discharger, an opening formed at a downstream end of the bent portion, and a plate-shaped member disposed in the passage at a position on an inner wall of any of the decreasing-height portion and the extension portion, the inner wall being on the corona discharger side. | 02-23-2012 |
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20120082495 | CLEANING UNIT, IMAGE CARRIER UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit includes: a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the image carrier; a cleaning container that stores developer removed by the cleaning member; a cleaning support that is formed by bending a plate and includes a cleaning-supporting portion supporting the other end portion of the cleaning member and a supported portion angled with respect to the cleaning-supporting portion by bending; a supporting-portion-of-support that includes a facing portion facing the supported portion, is provided at the cleaning container, and supports the cleaning support; a damping member that is disposed between the supported portion and the facing portion, is formed so as to be elastically deformable, and regulates vibration of the cleaning member; and a securing member that secures the cleaning support to the supporting-portion-of-support at a position adjacent to the damping member. | 04-05-2012 |
20120114404 | CLEANER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING APPARATUS - A cleaner includes a cleaning member that includes a tip portion that comes into contact with an image carrier that carries an image, and that removes and cleans developer adhered to the image carrier, a cleaning container which stores the developer removed by the cleaning member, a cleaning support that includes a cleaning supporting portion that supports a proximal end of the cleaning member, and a damped portion, a damping body that includes a first and a second damping bodies arranged in contact with the damped portion and that regulates vibration of the cleaning support, and a fixing member of the damping body that includes a first fixing portion arranged to face the damped portion with the first damping body, and a second fixing portion arranged to face the damped portion with the second damping body, and that is supported by the cleaning container. | 05-10-2012 |
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20120257905 | DISCHARGER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A discharger includes a discharging member that faces a member to be charged and discharges electricity by applying voltage thereto; and a grid member that is disposed between the discharging member and the member to be charged and regulates electric discharge from the discharging member. The grid member has holes with a predetermined shape that extend therethrough from the discharging member toward the member to be charged, and has a first region with the holes arranged at a first inclination angle, a second region with the holes arranged at a second inclination angle, and a boundary between the first and second regions that extends in the direction of the discharging member. When the first region is symmetrically projected onto the second region with respect to the boundary, arrangement patterns of the holes in the first and second regions are positionally displaced relative to each other. | 10-11-2012 |